Salvation is
of the Lord.” I cannot find in Scripture
any other doctrine than this. It is the essence of the Bible.
“He only is my rock and my salvation.” Tell me anything contrary
to this truth, and it will be a heresy; tell me a heresy, and I
shall find its essence here, that it has departed from this
great, this fundamental, this rock truth, “God is my rock and my
salvation.” What is the heresy of Rome, but the addition of
something to the perfect merits of Jesus Christ - the bringing
in of the works of the flesh, to assist in our justification?
And what is the heresy of Arminianism, but
the addition of something to the work of the Redeemer?
Every heresy, if brought to the touchstone, will discover itself
here.
- C. H. Spurgeon, Election
